Astrakhan Province
Provincial town: Astrakhan
Area (sq miles): 71,617
Population: 344,400
Population density: 4.8 people per square mile
Towns: 5
Trade note: Trade is conducted extremely actively.
Climate note: warm
Notable features:
- Principal military port on the Caspian Sea founded by Peter I in 1722.
- Astrakhan' was founded by Tsar Ivan Vasil'ev[ich] the Terrible in 1554.
